Unit Two

This page goes along with the Common Core State Standards Unit Two, "Renaissance Thinking." This six-week unit focuses on the research process, and creative and critical thinking in various fields. The essential question is "How does creativity change the world?"

Unit Two Maps

Inventors Index A-Z
http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventors/a/Famous_Inventor.htm

Thomas Edison
http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventors/a/Edison_Bio.htm

Henry Ford
http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/hf/
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Fi-Gi/Ford-Henry.html

"Time" poem by Valerie Bloom
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=2810

Leonardo Da Vinci Biography
[[http://www.leonardo-da-vinci-biography.com ]]

Primary and Secondary Sources
http://library.ucsc.edu/help/howto/distinguish-between-primary-and-secondary-sources
http://www.constitution.org/primarysources/primarysources.html
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003000055/PP/
http://www.historyonthenet.com/Sources/primary_or_secondary_source.htm
http://www.unctps.org/

Timeline Creation Directions
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/timeline-30007.html

Research Building Blocks: "Organize This!"
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/research-building-blocks-organize-179.html

Skim, Scan, and Scroll
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/research-building-blocks-skim-155.html

Using Nonfiction to teach Inventors
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/great-american-inventors-using-957.html

Creating a time line of your inventor
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/

What is historical context?
http://homeworktips.about.com/od/historyhomework/p/historicalcontext.htm

Semantic Word Maps
http://chs.smuhsd.org/learning_community/content_literacy/semantic_word_map.html
http://www.studenthandouts.com/Assortment-01/Graphic-Organizers/Semantic-Map-Printables-Instructions.html

Prepositions and Conjunctions
http://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/teachingprepositions.html

Subject/Verb Agreement
http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/verb.cgi?A1=s&A2=0&A3=1&INSTRUCTS=1

Interjections
http://www.lessonsnips.com/docs/pdf/learninginterjection.pdf
http://www.writingfix.com/Picture_Book_Prompts/NoDavid3.htm

Determining Importance
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Inventors for Research


Teacher Inventor Example

Inventor Example Papers





Historical Fiction Sentence Frames


Historical Fiction Powerpoint


Inventions Powerpoint


Give One, Get One


Derivative Word Map


Inventor Information Sheet


QR Code INVENTORS INTRODUCTION Gallery Walk


Alexander G.Bell

Charles Babbage

Famous Inventions

Hedy Lamarr

Henry Ford

James Naismith

Percy Spencer

Ralph Baer

Ruth Handler

Steve Jobs




Journal Research outline


Introduction to Immigration


Inventor definition anchor chart



Questions for research



Inventor Research



Inventor Illustrations


Inventors Fair



Hall Display



Immigration Project







Anchor Book Layout


Symbols students use to mark in their independent reading books-these post it notes will be turned into paragraphs later in their reading response journal



Literature Boxes- The students store their reading response journals, independent reading book, and literature circle book in these boxes- on literature days, they just put the box on their desks and have everything organized and easily accessible


Historical Fiction Anchor Chart





Introduction to Research- Interesting vs. Important information






Inventor Outline